Feasibility of an optical fiber clock
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Ilinova, Ekaterina
Babb, James F.
Derevianko, Andrei
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2017
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We explore the feasibility of a fiber clock, i.e., a compact, high-precision, optical lattice atomic clock based on atoms trapped inside a hollow-core optical fiber. Such a setup offers an intriguing potential both for a substantially increased number of interrogated atoms (and thereby an improved clock stability) and for miniaturization. We evaluate the sensitivity of the S-1(0)-P-3(0) clock transition in Hg and other divalent atoms to the fiber inner core surface at nonzero temperatures. The Casimir-Polder interaction induced S-1(0)-P-3(0) transition frequency shift is calculated for the atom inside the hollow capillary as a function of atomic position, capillary material, and geometric parameters. For Hg atoms on the axis of a silica capillary with inner radius >= 15 mu m and optimally chosen thickness d similar to 1 mu m, the atom-surface interaction induced S-1(0)-P-3(0) clock transition frequency shift can be kept on the level delta nu/nu(Hg) similar to 10(-19). We also estimate the atom loss and heating due to collisions with the buffer gas, lattice intensity noise induced heating, spontaneous photon scattering heating, and residual birefringence induced frequency shifts.
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Ilinova, E., Babb, J. F., & Derevianko, A. (2017). Feasibility of an optical fiber clock. Physical Review A, 96(3). doi:10.1103/physreva.96.033814
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2469-9926